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"Solsbury Hill" is the debut solo single by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. He wrote the song about a spiritual experience atop Solsbury Hill in Somerset , England, [ 5 ] [ 2 ] [ 6 ] after his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis , of which he had been the lead vocalist since its inception.
It has since reached Gold certification in both countries for selling 100,000 and 500,000 copies, respectively. The song "Solsbury Hill" was the first single from the album, and peaked at No. 13 in the UK. Gabriel supported the album with a tour of Europe and the US through 1977, featuring a seven-piece band including Fripp and Levin.
Solsbury Hill (More accurately 'Little Solsbury') is the inspiration for an eponymous song, released in 1977 by rock musician Peter Gabriel as his first solo single. [35] A recording of the natural sounds on the hill forms the track "A Quiet Moment" on Gabriel's 2011 album New Blood, which precedes the orchestral version of his song. [36]
He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. After releasing four successful studio albums, all titled Peter Gabriel, his fifth studio album So (1986) became his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US.
I Don't Remember" was issued as a single, with an accompanying music video, in the UK only. In the US and Canada, "Solsbury Hill" was released as a single from Plays Live with "I Go Swimming" on the B-side. This previously unreleased song received airplay and made the US Mainstream Rock charts in 1983.
Gabriel had originally wanted to release "Modern Love" as the lead single instead of "Solsbury Hill". When asked by Melody Maker why the single failed to match the commercial performance of "Solsbury Hill", the previous single, Gabriel posited that most people who would have otherwise purchased "Modern Love" already had the song on his first ...
"New Song" is the debut single by Welsh musician Howard Jones, released in August 1983. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart , [ 5 ] spending 20 weeks in the top 75 and becoming the 28th best-selling single of 1983 in the UK. [ 6 ]
Back to Front was a concert tour by Peter Gabriel, a retrospective performance based on every song from his 1986 multi-platinum album So played in sequence. [1] The backing band included musicians that Gabriel toured with in 1986–87 in support of the album's initial release.